Hello again

I blame Charlie for taking me away from the blog. And also the new baby. Every time I am on the computer when Charlie is awake, he spends the whole time trying to bang on the keys and chew on the screen and then crying when I won't let him.

And by the time Charlie is asleep I'm too exhausted to stay up and do anything.  It's pretty tiring growing a baby. I'm happy to report, however, that for the first time we have kids old enough to kind of watch the younger ones while I get other stuff done.  I was able to sneak in a 20 minute doze on the couch while Elena and Sam played with Charlie. They were in the same room so I could open my eyes every 5 minutes and make sure they were doing alright so it wasn't an ideal nap, but it was better than nothing. It's only happened once so far because normally Charlie comes over and bangs on my face, but I'm hoping for several repeats.

In other news, Sam was in the preschool wrestling program this year and loved it. We took him to a few nearby tournaments and he had a lot of fun. We are lucky that he has a good personality for it - he enjoys it whether he wins or loses. My favorite moment of the whole thing was the day after the last tournament, where Sam had gotten 3rd place (out of 4). The next day when he found out that his cousin hadn't gotten a medal at the tournament, Sam gave him his own medal. I sure hope he keeps that attitude in the future.

Here he is (in the gray) at another tournament.

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